Gao Yihuan said a few words, then handed over the mess of dealing with the homeless people to Lu Yifang, asked him to appease the people, answer the questions of the homeless, and left first.

At this time, Gao Yihuan ruled the land of three prefectures and nine counties, including the Nanyang Basin and part of the East Henan Plain, in fact, many people could be resettled, but the problem was that the food could not support the resettled people to survive the wheat harvest next year, so too many displaced people would definitely starve to death.

The matter of food is really annoying, and now except for the Ming Dynasty, all other forces are basically short of food.

If it weren't for the Qing army crossing the Yellow River, Gao Yihuan was afraid of being attacked on his back, so he wanted to lead the army south to rob his mother.

Recently, Gao Yihuan has been troubled by the lack of food.

He has entrusted Ma Hongshan to help him go to Fujian to buy sweet potatoes and bud rice, hoping that these two drought-resistant and relatively high-yielding crops will improve his situation of lack of grain.

Gao Yihuan left the refugee camp and returned to Yuncheng, and as soon as he arrived at the door, a subordinate greeted him, "Dashuai, Mr. Chen is back, waiting for Dashuai in the festival hall." ”

Chen Mingxia had been in Guanzhong for more than a month, Gao Yihuan was overjoyed when he heard it, threw the horsewhip to the guards, and hurriedly walked to the courtyard.

At this time, he came to the festival hall, Chen Mingxia was sitting on a chair, drinking tea with a teacup, and he looked in a good mood.

"Mr. Chen, it's been hard all the way!" Gao Yihuan walked in, "I didn't expect Mr. to come back today, otherwise I would have to go to greet him." ”

"Humble duties are just running errands, how can you use a handsome person to greet you." Chen Mingxia put down the teacup and stood up to give Gao Yihuan a salute.

Gao Yihuan smiled, "Sit down and say!" ”

After Chen Mingxia and Gao Yihuan sat down, he said with a smile on his face: "I want to congratulate the handsome first." After Li Zicheng learned that the marshal broke the Qing army and blocked the attack of the Qing army, he was overjoyed and had already named the marshal Wei Hou and the envoy of the southern Henan Festival. Dashuai is now a rightful prince. ”

Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and his face was a little surprised, "Li Zicheng is so generous?" actually skipped the earl directly, gave me a title, and gave me the title of festival envoy! ”

"Now that Guanzhong is in crisis, he can't be generous." Chen Mingxia said with a smile: "When I left Guanzhong, the letter of pardon was ready to be issued, and I believe that it will arrive in southern Henan in a few days."

Although Gao Yihuan himself has long established a festival privately, he always feels a little lacking in confidence.

After all, Li Zicheng was called the emperor, and he occupied Beijing, and he named himself Wei Hou and the envoy of the festival, which is equivalent to a recognition of his strength, which is indeed a good thing.

If you negotiate with Nanjing in the future, Nanjing also has a reference, and the conditions offered cannot be lower than that of the Marquis.

Gao Yihuan nodded, and suddenly said: "Li Zicheng asked me to spend time in southern Henan, and this authority overlaps with Li Jieshuai!" ”

"This is what Niu Jinxing meant, he once hinted at humiliation and asked the marshal to contain Li Jiedu!"

Gao Yihuan couldn't help sneering when he heard this, the Dashun Dynasty was almost over, and Niu Jinxing actually had the heart to do this.

"How's the situation in Guanzhong?" Gao Yihuan suddenly asked.

The Qing army attacked Guanzhong on two routes, and Duoduo's southern route retreated, but Azig's northern route invaded Shaanxi. This still made Gao Yihuan a little worried.

Chen Mingxia said: "The Qing army on the North Road is attacking Yulin and Yan'an, and when he left, Li Zicheng had already mobilized troops and horses to prepare for a battle with Azig. ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, he helped Li Zicheng block Duoduo, Li Zicheng only needed to deal with the Qing army on the North Road.

Li Zicheng gathered the strength of the Dashun army in Guanzhong, and the heads he sent were exciting, if he couldn't get it, it would be too disappointing for Gao Yihuan.

At this time, Chen Mingxia continued, "Marshal, I think that the battle of Yan'an is very crucial. If Li Zicheng wins, the Shun army will be able to recover the decline, and it will be difficult for the Qing army to capture Guanzhong in a short time. But on the other hand, if Li Zicheng fails, Yan'an is lost, Guanzhong is equivalent to losing half, and the Qing army will seize the whole of Shaanxi, which will be in front of you. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Mingxia said solemnly: "I think that with Li Zicheng here, the Qing army should not attack southern Henan first, but if Li Zicheng is defeated, southern Henan is afraid that it will immediately become the target of the Qing army."

Gao Yihuan also hoped that Li Zicheng could last a little longer, he nodded, "I know this, I will prepare as soon as possible." ”

The Qing army ate turtles at Gao Yihuan's hands several times, and once he freed his hands, there was no reason not to trouble him.

Gao Yihuan was mentally prepared for the Qing army to attack southern Henan, so he recruited nearly 100,000 rebels.

He is ready to take advantage of the attention of the Qing army, which has not yet been transferred to him, to expand the army and train the army, but this is back to the old problem, he is small and cannot afford to support so many people, and the burden is too heavy.

At that moment, Gao Yihuan talked with Chen Mingxia for a while before letting him rest.

A few days later, the reward for Gao Yihuan was finally sent to Yuncheng.

This time, Li Zicheng was very generous and named him Wei Hou, and he also sent 100,000 taels of silver to southern Henan, Xiangyang and other places.

Gao Yihuan has been with Li Zicheng for almost three years, and he has always been filial to Li Zicheng, and this is the first time he has received Li Zicheng's salary.

After Gao Yihuan received Li Zicheng's reward, he began to reward his subordinates and pay heavy sums of money to the fallen soldiers.

From September, after Duoduo withdrew to Huaiqing and Weihui, until November, the whole of Henan was in a state of truce. But Gao Yihuan and Li Yan both knew that the Qing army would definitely make a comeback, but they were not sure of the time.

However, Gao Yihuan estimated that the Qing army should not be able to raise a large amount of grain and grass in a short period of time, so the Qing army should wait until next year if it wants to go south.

In the days when the war in Henan subsided, the world was not peaceful, and several major events occurred one after another.

The first is that Li Zicheng fought with Azig and Wu Sangui in northern Shaanxi, and the Qing army captured Yulin Prefecture, Suide Prefecture, and Yanchang County in Yan'an Prefecture, but was trapped under the city of Yan'an.

Azig learned that the Duoduo Southern Route Army did not attack Tongguan as agreed, and saw that Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin came to reinforce Li Guo, and immediately retreated from Yan'an.

Li Zicheng led his troops in hot pursuit, and fought a big battle with the Qing army at Qinghuashui, north of Yan'an, but he did not get a bargain, so he retreated back to Yan'an. The Azig thieves retreated to Shanxi, leaving only Wu Sangui in the area of Yulin and Suidezhou, and held against Li Zicheng.

The second thing is that Sun Kewang captured Chengdu, founded the country with the name of Daxi, and called the emperor. The Great Western Army controlled most of Sichuan and Shu, as well as Jingzhou, Yiling and other places.

Third, it was affected by the fall of Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty, as the central government, greatly weakened its control over the local areas. In addition, Zhang Xianzhong entered Shu to claim the emperor, and Yunnan Tusi took advantage of Mu Guogong to mobilize men and horses to fortify the border with Yunnan and Sichuan, and attacked Kunming and launched a large-scale rebellion.

(End of chapter)